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David Leonard

David J. Leonard is Associate Professor and chair in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman. He is the author of After Artest: Race and the assault on blackness (SUNY Press) as well as several o

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David J. Leonard is Associate Professor and chair in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman. He is the author of After Artest: Race and the assault on blackness (SUNY Press) as well as several other works. Leonard is a regular contributor to NewBlackMan, Feminist Wire, and Urban Cusp. He blogs at http://notsuris.wordpress.com/. Follow him on Twitter @drdavidjleonard.

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The day remains one of the most vibrant memories of my life. After months of preparation and a day at the hospital, our first child was born. Floating on cloud 9, and focused on taking care of what needed to be done in anticipation of her coming home, I quickly turned my attention back to work. It was spring break at my university so those in those first few days I wasn’t pulled in different directions. That would end before she even turned 10 days old. I never thought about taking a break from work. That would be unfair to my students, my colleagues, and to all the deadlines in front of me...